Simon Gallup

In this interview from the October 2004 issue of Bass Player magazine, Simon says that he plays three Thunderbird basses as part of his touring rig.

In this interview from the October 2004 issue of Bass Player magazine, Simon says that he played the 4003 for the Pornography portion of the Cure's Trilogy concerts.

In this interview from the October 2004 issue of Bass Player magazine, Simon says that he uses the CE-5 in his live rig.

According to this article from the June 1996 issue of Sound On Sound magazine, Simon used a Jazz Bass during the making of the Cure's Wild Mood Swings album.

On Rotosound's website they claim that rotosound 77s were used on the bass tracks for the cure album "seventeen seconds". It is unclear if simon used these live or for other cure recordings

Simon Gallup used an Epiphone Jack Casady Signature Model - Metallic Goldtop (MG) during the Trilogy Show (official The Cure's live dvd), in the song The Kiss. You can see it in the video, expecially at min 1:25

In this photo, Simon can be seen with a black Fender Precision Bass.

During The Cure's performance of "Close To Me" at Vector Arena in Auckland on July 21, 2016, Simon Gallup used the Boss ODB-3 Bass OverDrive, as seen in the YouTube video by Joycy I.

From 'In Orange' Live 1986 - Black Stingray with white pickguard

In this interview from the October 2004 issue of Bass Player magazine, Simon says that he uses the BF-2 in his live rig.

In this interview from the October 2004 issue of Bass Player magazine, Simon says that he uses the NS-2 in his live rig.

Black Gibson EB-2 with Black pickguard

You can see Simon's pedalboard during this video of the stage.

In this interview from the October 2004 issue of Bass Player magazine, Simon says that he uses the MT-2 in his live rig.

In this interview from the October 2004 issue of Bass Player magazine, Simon says that he played the Bass VI on "There Is No If..." from the Cure's album Bloodflowers.

According to this article from the June 1996 issue of Sound On Sound magazine, Simon used a pair of SVT 200T heads on tour following the making of the Cure's Wild Mood Swings album.

Guild Starfire Cherry Red with two pickups, used in this promotional TV appearance. Used on the last 2 songs, "Catch" and "Just Like Heaven". Footage with the bass begins at timestamp 3:06, with the best and clearest footage of it appearing at 4:25 for about 15 seconds or so.

According to this picture of the cure's 2016 tour program that was posted to talkbass Simon Gallup is using a boss CEB-3

According this picture of the cure's 2016 tour programme posted in a talkbass thread simon gallup is using a boss GE-7

In this interview from the October 2004 issue of Bass Player magazine, Simon says that he uses the DD-3 in his live rig.

At minute 0:40 can seen simon use 2 peavey mega bass heads

In most of the video it can be seen that to the right of Simon's pedalboard is a lehle 3 at 1

Used during The Cure MTV Unplugged show in 1991

In minute 2:56 can see a peavey 3620 cabinet with a peavey Max 800 head behind Simon

Simon Gallup played the Schecter Simon Gallup Ultra Spitfire Bass in Punk Rock Pink, a limited edition created for The Cure's 40th anniversary, during their 2018 concert at Hyde Park, London. This is evidenced by a user-uploaded photo from the event.

Two SVT's on two 8x10's in the background.

Simon used this amp approximately for the years 1981 and 1982 with the cure during the era of faith and pornography.

Used in 1989 during the Prayer Tour. Gallup chose it for its looks, but stopped using it on stage because of the feed back caused by the hollow body. He had to stay put on stage. That's not for him

In a Facebook photo from Hexasonic Vidéo showcasing Simon Gallup's setup for a The Cure show, a Boss TU-3 Chromatic Tuner is visible on the right side of his pedalboard.

This transcription of an article from the June 1996 issue of Sound on Sound magazine lists a 2x10" SVT cabinet among Gallups's gear circa the recording of the Cure's Wild Mood Swings album.